Mohammed Azharuddeen and Salman Nizar have fun after Kerala secured a spot within the Ranji Trophy semifinal.
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EMMANUAL YOGINI
Kerala gamers and help workers cheer the workforce’s batters on the ultimate day of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal towards Jammu and Kashmir in Pune on Wednesday.
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EMMANUAL YOGINI
It was a check of persistence for the Kerala batters, however they finally cleared it with elan as they batted out the ultimate day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal towards Jammu and Kashmir, to earn a draw and storm into the semifinal, driving on a one-run first innings lead.
Pursuing a goal of 399, Kerala was by no means in a rush to chase it down. Slightly the plan appeared fairly clear from the beginning: to play by the benefit of the ball and bat out the day, one thing it had performed within the group league fixture towards Madhya Pradesh, earlier this season.
Resuming at 100 for two, captain Sachin Child and Akshay Chandran judged the early morning situations effectively, and denied the J&Ok bowlers of any alternative to make inroads.
With the complete camp, led by coach Amay Khurasiya, backing the batters with steady synchronised clapping, each Child and Chandran checked out ease, including simply 28 runs within the first 24 overs. With the MCA Stadium floor providing no assist to the bowlers, Child and Chandran held fort, and infrequently took singles.
Nevertheless, shortly earlier than lunch, Chandran fell two runs in need of his fifty, after being caught by Shubham Khajuria at slip off a nippy Yudhvir Singh supply. Early within the second session, off-spinner Sahil Lotra and left-arm spinner Abid Mushtaq, nonetheless, spiced issues up with fast wickets of Child, Jalaj Saxena and Aditya Sarvate.
Child, the Kerala captain, was unfortunate to have missed out on a fifty, falling simply two runs brief, as he nicked one to wicketkeeper Kanhaiya Wadhawan off a Lotra supply.
With three fast wickets, a rejuvenated J&Ok facet waited a bit earlier than taking the brand new ball. Nevertheless, with Mohammed Azharuddeen (67 n.o., 118b, 9×4, 2×6) and Salman Nizar (44 n.o., 162, 8×4) dominating with an unbroken partnership of 115, J&Ok’s hopes of reaching its maiden semifinal went up in smoke.
Approaching the again of a primary innings century, Nizar anchored the innings, whereas Azharuddeen performed just a few photographs to place the stress on the opponent. J&Ok used seven bowlers to search out breakthroughs, however a decided effort by Azharuddeen and Nizar noticed Kerala attain the semifinals after six years.
The scores
Jammu and Kashmir – 1st innings: 280
Kerala – 1st innings: 281
Jammu and Kashmir – 2nd innings: 399 for 9 decl.
Kerala – 2nd innings: Rohan Kunnummal C Wadhawan B Yudhvir 36, Akshay Chandran C Khajuria B Lotra 48, Shroun Roger C Vivrant B Yudhvir 6, Sachin Child C Wadhawan B Lotra 48, Jalaj Saxena C Nazir B Mushtaq 18, Ditya Sarvate C Nazir B Mushtaq 8, Salman Nizar (Not Out) 44, Mohamed Azharuddeen (Not Out) 67; Extras (NB-2, B-17, LB-1) 20; Whole (For Six Wkts in 126 Overs) 295
Fall of wickets: 1-54, 2-70, 3-128, 4-159, 5-167, 6-180.
Jammu and Kashmir bowling: NABI 20-6-49-0, Nazir 14-4-35-0, Yudhvir 21-4-61-2, Lotra 36-17-50-2, Khajuria 1-0-5-0, Muzaffar 9-2- 17-0, Mushtaq 22-9-56-2, Vivrant 3-2-4-0.
Match drawn; Kerala enters semifinals based mostly on first-innings lead
Printed – February 12, 2025 06:05 pm IST
